DASCOM T2380

Dascom Say:

The 2365 MC and 2380 printers are rugged and powerful high speed matrix printers for heavy duty operation under the most extreme conditions. Reliable, heavy workload output is guaranteed for many years following printer purchase. The print is crisp, sharp, dark and absolutely legible, thanks to the 24 pin print head.

Low running costs and durability in the harshest of print environments make these products excellent value for money.

Fully automated operation, coupled with the 'straight through' paper path, allows ease of use and virtually eliminates errors caused by user intervention.

These products are well matched to Microsoft Windows applications, and highly compatible with other host operation environments including legacy systems.

Colour:

These are mono-only machines.

Control:

Pushbuttons and LEDs in a recess to guard against accidental operation. Power switch on the right front. Platen knob to assist manual feed.

Print Speed:

Print speed up to 1000 characters per second.

As usual with dot-matrix printers there is a substantial trade-off between speed, print quality and resolution.

Print Speed At 10, 12 cpi: High Speed Draft 800, 1000; Draft 667, 800; NLQ 222, 267

Throughput (ECMA 132) 625pages per hour.

Print Resolution:

up to 360 x 360 dots per inch

Character Density: 5, 6, 7.5, 8.6, 10, 12, 15, 17.1, 20 cpi (Emulation dependent).

Line Density: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 lpi.

Duty Cycle:

Workload: 50,000 pages per month.

Printhead Life: 750 million strokes.

Consumables: Ribbon 20 million characters.

MTBF: 12,500 hours @ 25% duty cycle.

Standard Paper Handling:

Standard Paper Handling: Push tractor with paper parking and AGA; 2nd rear push tractor - T2380-2T only.

Optional Paper Handling:2nd front tractor (user installable), paper pedestal, paper basket, paper cutting device

Number of Copies: Orginal + 5 (6-part forms); orginal +1 (2-part forms) for rear tractor of T2380-2T.

Paper Type: Continuous forms.

Paper Weight: 60-120gsm.

Paper Size : Length: 3“ min, 22“ max; Width: 3“ min, 16.5“ max.

Duplex:

There don't seem to be any duplex dot matrix machines.

Processor:

Not stated.

Network:

Only a few dot matrix printers are available with built-in Ethernet however they can use parallel or USB print servers.

Print Languages:

Basic ASCII teletype behaviour

Standard Emulation: IBM® Proprinter, Epson® LQ (ESC P/2), Genicom ANSI, MTPL + Barcode/LCP.

Optional Emulation: PCL3 (rugged writer), IGP Version: IGP/PGL, Code V, MT660, Printronix P6000, HP2564C.

Fonts:

Fonts: HS Draft, Draft, Copy Draft, Courier, Roman, Sans Serif, Prestige, Script, Orator, Gothic, Souvenir, Kix/Royal, OCRA, OCR B, 22 Bar Codes & scaleable LCP fonts

System Compatability:

Drivers are provided for:Windows 9x/ME, 2000, 2003 Server, XP, Vista and SAP

Power Requirements:

Power Voltage: 120V/230V

Power Consumption:

Power Consumption: 70 Watts printing, max 18 Watts in sleep mode.

Environment:

Temperature: +10°C to +35°C.

Humidity: 20% to 80%.

Acoustics:

Acoustic: 59 dB(A) (ISO 7779)

Dot matrix printer are inherently quite noisy; their dominant uses are in factory and logitics environment where that is not an issue. Put them in a separate room if nise is a problem.

Dimensions:

Physical Size 280mm x 623mm x 432mm (Approx. 11" x 24.5“ x 17“) (H x W x D)

Weight:

Physical Weight: 41.89 lbs.

Consumables:

The only consumeable is a ribbon with a typical life of 20 million characters.

Spares:

Printhead

Ribbon mask

Trailing cable

light

dark

Warranty:

90 day onsite warranty

Options and Accessories:

No Options: this is a basic simple printer.

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